Antlia

[ ant-lee-uh ]

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noun

plural: Antliae [ant, -lee-ee] genitive: Antliae [ant, -lee-ee]

Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
(lowercase) Entomology. the proboscis of a lepidopterous insect.

Antlia

/ ˈæntlɪə /

noun

a faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Hydra and Vela

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Other Words From

ant·li·ate [ant, -lee-eyt], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Antlia¹

< Latin antlia pump, machine for drawing water < Greek antlía bilgewater, a ship's hold, equivalent to ántl ( os ) the hold (of a ship), bilge water + -ia -ia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Antlia¹

C19: from Latin, from Greek: bucket

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Example Sentences

The mouth of the butterfly is called by most entomologists antlia; that of the aphis a promuscis; that of the flea a rostrulum.

From Project Gutenberg

A still more extraordinary instance of irritability is exhibited by the antlia, or instrument of suction of the butterfly.

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antler moth antlike

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